Chopper Hostel

Welp, the groundwork is laid on npw I want to live the rest of my strange ass life and makin’ strives to make a basic foundation and maybe some of the first tier of block to get there. I’m not much of a builder but this time it seems that I am.

If I spent any time thinkin’ about where I am compared to where I plan to be I would surely call it quits. Or, to say a smart man would. I luckily, am not and plan on continuing.

You know where it’s going if you’ve been following along and if you don’t, it’s a written down. Ultimately, it’ll be the place I will live out the rest of my ride.

It’s been a struggle to get to where the Hostel is now but knowing where I want to go it sometimes seems I haven’t gotten anywhere. So, I better get busy.

I moved the big ass tent, and I now have an 11×20′ bike shop with an 11′ tall ceiling. It’s pretty impressive, at least to me. I’m moving the tools in today.

“Big deal, so what, now ya got a tent with a bike in it, surrounded by Chinese knock off tools?!”

Go and eat a big ol’ plate of dick casserole and fuck right off. I landed on these grounds with absolutely nothin’ but a bunch of fires to build and a property to clear. I was sleepin’ on the porch and shittin’ in a bucket. Every morning, I was greeted with the knowledge that I would spend all day loadin’ used diapers into the back of an old van and takin’ them to the dump. I’m moved six and a half tons of those motherfuckers…now they’re gone.

So, to keep motivated I have to think of where I was to keep moving forward. It ain’t foolproof, sometimes it’s just depressing, the constant hustle is draining and sometimes the dirt under your fingernails can get a bit gamey. This is the path I followed and some of it sucks, most of its real good.

It’s a peculiar life, at times it can be fuckin’ brilliant, other times just above the mondain. A different direction I think I could have been hugely successful; I chose choppers instead. Regrets? Sure, me and Frank Sinatra…we all made decisions.

I went the whole ‘art’ route when I quit the sauce and I guess it was an idea, not very well thought out, but an idea just the same. Little did I realize that painting for a living is a long shot, but I was able to eke out a living at it just the same, not a big one but enough that I could say it was successful, that and writing.

I tried the whole nine to five gig and I’m just not built for it. I chose the life of a dancin’ monkey. Doin’ a little soft shoe for some change from the crowd. It don’t pay worth a fuck but you get to sleep in a lot more.

The painting gig has slowed to a crawl which had me cuttin’ deal and rushing work. It became very ‘job like’ and if I lower my prices things only go in one direction. Once you drop your prices reversing the discount is like startin’ over. I’m too old to start eatin’ crow and starting over. More casserole sir?

I’m stickin’ to my guns, it’s too late to change my name to GeorgetheWalMartWorker and I’d just get fired anyway. I am however changing my approach. You can’t fight three things…the weather, the flow of water or this nation’s economy. Adapt and overcome…sound familiar? That’s what I gotta do.

I am going to have to monetize this website. I have paintings for clients in the studio that I am going t finish up and then limit the projects that I take on. Painting has becme stressful, hoping for that next high payin’ gig that lately, never really arrives. If I keep tryin’ to get blood from that stone, I’ll end up bitter and fall out of love with painting entirely. It already started to happen and it’s a real downer. I have too many years invested in painting, too many to start hating it now.

It’s time to start thinking about pushing my originals, I’ve taken being a hired brush as far as I care to, time to regroup.

I have been writing again, writing a lot and to tell you the truth I’ve really missed it. Apparently, yu guys missed it too. The traffic and feedback have been awesome and with the future of Chopper Hostel there’s gonna be plenty of interesting ‘content’ to keep you entertained. Why fight it, I’ve made a living writing before and there’s plenty goin’ on in the world (and around here) to write about. Sign up this dumb fuck, I’m on board.

This blog is currently costing me more to put out than I’m makin’ off of it. I want to upgrade my hosting plan as I’m reaching my content limit, and I can’t post videos and other features that only come with an upgraded plan. Time is running out until I reach the content limit, so I need to monetize now.

Now, what I mean by monetization is paid subscriptions. I’ve tried a donations button and many of you have thrown some green the Hostels way and I truly appreciate it but when it’s your only income that hit and miss nature of donations just doesn’t pay the bills.

I’ve decided to start transferring the site over to a monthly pay to view site. I care almost hear people goin’ into convolutions over havin’ to pay to view but just relax, it’s cheap. Let’s say $13 a month.

I’m writing 3-4 full articles a month not including short blurbs and photo/video updates of the goings on here at the Hostel and elsewhere. That’s a good value for those of you who are a fan of my writing, opinions and general unhinged take on today’s mundane society.

I will not be switching to a total paid content website but will offer paid content only posts with directions to get you set up with your monthly $13 payment which will unlock all paid content for as long as you keep your subscription active. You will still have access to the site, but some content may be blocked for unsubscribed visitors.

So, let me restate this. I will not be turning the site over to paid only viewing at this time. I will however be offering subscription only content to our paid subscribers at this time. The subscription is cheap, and it will allow me to upgrade this site, afford to travel to make more content and help with the continued upgrading of the Chopper Hostel itself which you will be invited to enjoy during riding season or for special events. Other subscription tiers will be offered soon, and I will make them known as they are available.

I’ll have more information in the next few days. Let me know what you think of the paid subscriptions and anything else. You opinion is the only thing that matters so throw your two cents into the ring.

In the meantime, I’ve been broke for about a week and could use some donations…really bad. So, if your so inclined how ’bout throwing a few shekels my way to keep my dog and I fed. You can easily do it with the form below and thanks in advance.

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